<p>Entertaining and packed full of time-saving tips, <i>Outwitting Housework</i> is an essential guide to making your house gleam without breaking a sweat. Household expert Barty Phillips shares her clever tips for avoiding chores wherever possible, revealing her sanity-saving shortcuts and creative advice for keeping those boring tasks to a minimum.<br><br>Discover what basic tools of the trade you need and how to use them to bring sparkle, shine and a sense of calm to your home. Learn how to do effective minimal tidying, train errant family members and engage technology to help save you even more effort. <br><br>Armed with these cunning and creative stratagems, you’ll soon be drying off those rubber gloves and doing something much more fun instead.</p>